as in breeze
something easily done or dealt with
no one was pretending that winning the election would be a cakewalk
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Recent Examples of cakewalk
Mona Jones said that was no cakewalk: The bridge over the Salt River didn't exist in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and State Route 87, the Beeline Highway, was just a narrow two-lane road.
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Like all the other regime change wars Washington and its allies have attempted in the region since 9/11, a full-on war with Iran will be far from a cakewalk.
—Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Juan Soto's return to the Bronx would be a cakewalk compared to what Alonso's return to Citi Field would be like if the slugging first baseman went to the Phillies or a division rival.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
But New Hampshire Republicans say a Sununu Senate run, which was backed by President Trump, would have made the race next year a cakewalk.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025
Like all the other regime change wars Washington and its allies have attempted in the region since 9/11, a full-on war with Iran will be far from a cakewalk.
—Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Juan Soto's return to the Bronx would be a cakewalk compared to what Alonso's return to Citi Field would be like if the slugging first baseman went to the Phillies or a division rival.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
But New Hampshire Republicans say a Sununu Senate run, which was backed by President Trump, would have made the race next year a cakewalk.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cakewalk
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Building a Lodge arsenal in your kitchen all at once can cost a pretty penny, but thankfully Amazon just marked down a number of cast-iron pieces to stock up on best-sellers and make your everyday cooking a breeze.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a breeze, the solar lights sway softly, flickering like fireflies.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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To the right is a picnic area, the visitors center, and a route to the Civil War installations, the western Kayak Group and Ridge campsites on the southwest side of the island.—
Don Sproul,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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Volunteers had a picnic-style dinner, drinks and dessert provided by the Hamburger Factory.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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French pastry chef Yann Couvreur, whose patisserie is located a few blocks away in Wynwood, has created a dessert menu of French-Japanese desserts like a mango, coconut and passion fruit cake and black sesame ice cream topped with matcha and served with Liger’s chocolate chip cookie.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Instead, it might best be described as a pie that captures the best part of German chocolate cake's coconut-pecan frosting.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Cakewalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cakewalk. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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